Saturday 28 May 2011

Team Evolution - Emergence


Hello again people!

This time around, I'll be talking about something more serious. It's about Team Evolution for the group assignment. Sounds cool huh? It's so so la.. Well, enough ding dongs and here goes :

Emergence is a stage when a consensus is reached amongst teammates. To tell you, it wasn't that easy. First, there is this thing called Problem Awareness. It is as obvious as it sounds. Now that's the easy part. There are always speed bumps known as Communication Barriers. First and the most common one is Noise and Distractions. When you're with a bunch of friends, it is almost GUARANTEED that there will be noises. Not too much from the surrounding but the friends. Apart from that, the meeting was carried out in a cafeteria. Oh yeah... Maximum noise and distraction. Food, people talking about their spouses and checking out girls who passed by, just to name a few. The other barrier is Competing Messages. Once we managed to get together and discuss, each member splurts out their own ideas and methods on how to do things. Yay! Another half an hour gone sticking into each other's throat. Once the drama's over, we stepped back and dealt with it like civilized people. You've guessed it, democracy. It may not be the best way to govern a country, but hey, it works for a bunch of students trying to just finish the assignment on time. Finally when everything's planned out, it was good enough. We said goodbye and went off looking as happy as this dude.


John Sim

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